Hello. I joined the society two years ago. I’m a Griner. First thank you for all the work you put in on presentation. Please, can you tell me how you got the baptism records? The original Griner was Johann Casper Griner. I think he went by Casper. I have seen his name as J. Casper, Casper and Phillip Casper Griner. I live in Pennsylvania so it’s hard to make it for the events. But I’m going to try this summer.

I was watching your video when some names popped out at me and we have some ancestors in common. Your Jospeh and Sarah Anderson. Was he born in New Bern, NC Mary Anderson Mikell and William would be my great aunt and uncle.

Thanks for your help. Why do you not put original photos and documents in binders, I thought that was the reason for doing genealogy?

I would suggest naming documents with surname first. Example, Lindroth, N. Date. , When you view your folders using “details” vs “icons” the names will sort into alpha order within each folder. All items for the same person will be together. Easy to edit item names. Also your cemetery images should include cemetery name/description. This info may be somewhere else in your files, but if you shared this folder no one would know how to locate the stone. Perhaps a word document with all of the cemetery info and an abbreviation to be included in your image notation. Thank you for a very informative presentation.

Great class. Thanks

Thank you!! Very informative!! 🌹

I do my numbering based on my pedigree chart. I am #1, Dad #2, Mom #3, etc. Any child outside of direct ancestor is numbered in order of their birth. I am not going to put family group sheets in page protectors. That adds to much bulk for me. I do copies of family photos and store the originals. Everything is also backed up digitally. I think as long as you leave a simple enough system for future generations you'll be ok. But you're right about consistency. I started back in the day at the library and archives and doing everything in paper. I've been doing digital for a long time, even though I do have binders. Now I am trying to organize almost 40 years of research into nice presentable binders. I enjoyed your video. Very helpful! Everyone can always use new ideas no matter how long they have been wading through the papers and photos. ALSO, I wanted to add in case people don't know, a military stone for a documented veteran can be put up for free through the government. Just FYI

Where do you get the group sheets? Did you make them yourself?

Good information, marred by constant “sniffing” throughout the narration.

Ciao sono Kevin ho fatto due anni fa test DNA myheritage e ho fino ha ora 767 corrispondenze.io sono italiano sud Puglia e la maggior parte delle corrispondenze sono dai paesi tra Balcani e europeo e italiano .ho molte corrispondenze da finlandesi.e poi ho dei gruppi dai paesi balcanici .con 11 di loro ho una triangolazione sullo stesso cromosoma .loro sono tutti dei paesi balcanici e hanno etnie tutti Asia meridionale e altre etnie e hanno gruppi genetici dei rom.io ho greco e italiano meridionale e sardo e medio orientale.qualcuno di loro ha le mie due etnie e qualcuno di loro ha italiano che io no ho.le percentuali sono tra 9% fino ha 15 16 .io nel mio albero non riesco ha trovare una connessione con loro.perche mi manca la parte di mia nonna che non si sa il padre e mia bisnonna che non aveva il padre.e possibile una connessione con loro?grazie

Interesting information. I'm researching my direct lines and any and all possible collateral lines in Italian records starting in 1823 (first year for the records available online). I've tried a number of different organization methods for my notes. I think I finally hit upon one that will work. The main problems are the same given names being used over and over. And even going by just the names of married couples is not foolproof. There can be more than one couple within the town who have EXACTLY the same first and last names. So I decided to use letter and number systems. I designate birth/baptism records as B1, B2, B3, etc. Marriage records as M1, M2, M3, etc. And death records as D1, D2, D3, etc. And then I use a number system for couples in reference to their order of appearance in the records. And use their fathers' names and/or places of origin (if different than the town in question) to more specifically identify them. "FALLETTI 1" is the designation for Michele Falletti, the son of Michele Falletti (deceased) married to Domenica Berta, the daughter of Michele Berta (deceased). I use Italian 'shorthand' in my description: "Michele Falletti fu Michele & Domenica Berta fu Michele". Records (between 1823 to 1826) associated with this couple are one: 1823: B3. The birth of their son, Firmino Paolo Falletti. FALLETTI 2 is the designation for (Italian shorthand): "Michele Falletti fu Giovanni Battista & Catterina Vallero di Bernardo/fu Bernardo". Catterina's father, Bernardo Vallero, died during the time frame of the records in question (1823 to 1826). Records (between 1823 to 1826) associated with this couple (FALLETTI 2) are 1823: B3 (Catterina was godmother to the baby born to FALLETTI 1); 1824: B16 (birth of Giovanni Battista Falletti, son of FALLETTI 2) and 1826: B33 (birth of Bernardo Antonio Falletti, another son of FALLETTI 2). The aforementioned Bernardo Vallero was my fourth great-grandfather. Hopefully this system will make it easier for me to keep the families separate in my notes. My previous attempts at a system: First keeping all persons (male and female alphabetically by given names) in lists based on their fathers' given names...and second: Listing them alphabetically by the husband's given names and kept separately by the wives' names -- proved unsatisfactory. There was no way to determine if the individuals were children of the same father. And there were occasions when there was more than one married couple with EXACTLY the same first and last names AND that it is not uncommon to find someone listed by a different given name in different records. "Giovanni Battista Falletti" (for example) might be listed in his birth record as "Giovanni Battista Firmino Falletti." As a witness to his brother's marriage he might be listed as "Giovanni Falletti." His death record might have him listed as "Battista Falletti."

When you say, "put it in a bag", what do you mean by bag? Obviously, it's different from a plastic sleeve or a memory box but what is it?

My lost lost friends that I mis them howard, Anthony, River RIP and Lisa binder,my name is Nosisi

On ydna the name also might change because of adoption and people who changed their last name and some countries did not pass surnames down the same way. Also on very rare occassions this dna can mutate.

This was very informative to me. Your explanation was very easy to understand. You answered a lot of the questions I had about my test with my heritage. Some people have a passion to find out what they can. To each his own. I thank you. God bless 🤗

I found the whole experience totally underwhelming. In fact I would go so far as to say it's all a bit of a rip off. The "results" tended to be "ball park" generalities, really hedging bets. Almost like a 21st century horoscope...

GREAT suggestions, because I've seen folks that went full digital only to have their computer crash or get a virus that destroyed or locked up ALL their research, BEST to ALWAYS have hard copies

Very helpful!

Maybe I missed it, but did you mention which company would be better if your main interest is not ethnicity and genealogy but rather looking to see for instance if you are adopted who you might be closely related to? In that case wouldn't AncestryDNA be a better choice since they have more people in their database?

Excellent scholarly presentation. It answered many questions, particularly regarding etiquette. Thank you very much.

Excellent presentation. I’m going to work on my binders. Thank you.

This is a great site. LOVE IT. It is loaded with information and so user friendly ! I had never heard of it, As always Thank you for teaching me about Geneology . Margo

Great presentation! Looking forward to accessing so much more via Heritage Quest online. Your tips for each area helpful. Especially liked Georgia’s state and county “evolving boundaries” . Look see right online rather than needing to be in a Geneology Center or other

Cutie pie! Great presentation. Very clear and understandable. thanks for all the work you put into this for us.

Thanks Lillian for the informative sessions!